What a small world!

When I started this blog just over a year ago, I simply wanted an outlet to express myself. I wanted to record my life and random thoughts, and if people happened to read it and find it interesting, it would make it that much more fun to do.

What I didn't expect was that through blogging, I would have a whole new bunch of friends scattered throughout the country. What I really didn't expect is that I'd meet one someday. But last night, that's exactly what I did. On purpose.

A Tall Sassy Gal and I met at about 6:00 for some Mexican food and margaritas. I got to the restaurant a bit early, so I asked the hostesses if a girl had been seated who was waiting for her other party. They told me I could feel free to look around, but I wasn't sure if I'd recognize my blog friend in real life. Sometimes, people don't look like their pictures when you meet them face to face. Luckily, TSG called me and told me she was just a mile or two away, so when I saw a really tall girl walking up a few minutes later -- looking exactly like TSG in her pictures on her blog -- I knew it was her.

What's funny is as I had stood in the restaurant waiting for her, I kept thinking our meeting felt something like a blind date, friend style. At the same time, I felt like I knew her already. When she walked in, she said pretty much the same thing: "It's so nice to meet you, but I feel like I know you already!"

I can't remember whose blog it was that led me to hers, but I quickly realized when I first read it that we had a lot in common: We both live in Dallas, and neither of us were particularly taken with the city. We were both in relationships that were at similar stages, with guys who were torturing us as we ever-so-patiently waited for a ring. We seemed to have a lot of the same opinions on things. We even got a Chi at the same time!

At the restaurant, we clicked instantly, and it was like we were old friends meeting up for dinner, rather than people who'd never met just hours before. We talked about our families, the men in our lives, our jobs and a billion other things. The biggest shocker: We work in the same building. On the same floor.

!!!

Seriously, in a city the size of Dallas, Texas, what are the odds of that? We talked nonstop for three hours! Once we both realized it was 9 p.m., we were shocked!

I'm thinking many great lunches are in our future. Maybe even a trip or two to my favorite piano bar, which -- not surprisingly, given how much we have in common -- TSG happens to be a big fan of as well.

It's just funny to see sometimes how crazy life can be and how small the world can seem.